Postgraduate

OVERVIEW

The programme is designed to produce scholars and experts in Arabic
Literature who are committed to spiritual, moral, intellectual and creative
excellence. In handling the programme, the department approaches the
discipline from an Islamic perspective and emphasizes integration of
knowledge by considering both the Arabic/Islamic literary heritage and
modern literary studies. Modern techniques and methods of literary research
also receive attention in the programme in order to prepare graduates who
are able to face contemporary challenges.

Candidates are trained in research methods, Islamisation of human knowledge
and a specialized area in history to prepare them for the challenging task
of producing original research in the form of a dissertation/thesis. The
expected length of the dissertation/thesis is around 80,000 - 1000,000
words and it must be written in Arabic. Areas in which the candidates can
specialize include classical and modern Arabic literature, rhetoric,
literary criticism and comparative literature.